Re: style sheet font size

Hi all,

    I agree that if you are trying to control sizes with css, its 
still best to stick to pixels. Otherwise, define no size, and let the 
user decide what works for their own needs. HTML <.big><./big> and 
<.small></.small> are great for minor adjustments if you decide not 
to define specific sizes. There are too many bugs across the 
platforms and browsers with all other ways of defining sizes (ems, %, 
points -- points are really for print, not for screen).

    About Netscape 4.x and the 10 pixels definition. This is a bug 
with (at least some) versions of Netscape 4.x for Windows. It 
displays 10px as 9px, which is unreadable on many machines.

Steve

>I have decided to go with pixel sizes as the most expedient
>and simplest method to the end.
>I have used some 10px size text, that appears to me, on my screen set at
>800x600, to be about as small as I dare go.

>Far too small. Go for 12px if you want small text. Anything smaller is
>unreadable in some browsers (as you already saw).

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